NASA is sending another astronaut with North Carolina ties to space. Tom Marshburn will serve as pilot in his third trip to the International Space Station.

Universities such as Duke and Purdue are breathing a collective sigh of relief after a semester of in-person instruction that largely avoided the coronavirus outbreaks that some experts had predicted.

Catherine Volcy, like college students across America, is studying from home. She is aching to talk in person with her peers and professors about this tumultuous year.

Weighing the risks and benefits of participating in sports against the larger public health factors.

The CIAA and Winston-Salem State will not compete in basketball this season after a vote of the conference’s chancellors and presidents.

The public university in St. George said about one in five recent graduates surveyed had received negative feedback from prospective out-of-state employers about the name.

Want better instructors at universities and colleges? Then emphasize teaching, not research, when recruiting faculty members.

A court decision and an election hearten an exceptionally promising DACA recipient.

Colleges will need to adjust to a shrinking, diversifying pool of traditional college-aged students in the near future. What will they need to do to be ready?

The number of prospective college students is expected to decline steadily after 2025, while high-school graduating classes become more diverse. But the pandemic could complicate the picture.